Looking for something to inspire your local choir or choral society? Our extensive range of choral repertoire includes works for Mixed Choir, Male Voice Choir, Female Voice Choir, Children’s & Youth Choirs, and Senior’s Choir, singing a Capella, with piano accompaniment, and with various other ensembles up to full orchestra.
Choral singing began to take form in the 9th & 10th Centuries, with the unison Gregorian Chant or Plain Chant. From the early Renaissance period, through composers like Palestrina , di Lasso and William Byrd true polyphonic choral music blossomed, and crescendo-ed through to a wonderful climax with Thomas Tallis’ Spem in alium for 40 parts, divided into 8 choirs.
As the form developed through the Renaissance into the Baroque period, composers such as Bach, Telemann and Händel gave the choir more and more autonomy, and through early operas and oratorios, married solo voices, choirs and orchestras together, to create these new musical forms, and inspired audiences with combinations of colours and sounds they had never before experienced.
Although there were many operas and oratorios written in the Classical period, sacred music also took a prominent role in shaping the development of choral music. While the chorus became a very useful tool on stage, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven composed many Masses, Requiems, Te Deums and Anthems to help brighten the world of church music, and uplift the hearts and souls of the congregation.
As opera continued to expand and stretch dramatic boundaries, choral music of the Romantic period was characterised by choral motets and anthems, and the oratorio grew into an even more varied and contrasting form. The oratorios Elijah and Paul are particularly noteworthy, since despite using Sacred themes, through the various musical facets at Mendelssohn’s disposal, they began to take on a much more operatic narrative. This can also be seen in the Requiems of Brahms and Verdi, where the choir itself, along with the orchestra, lead the dramatic storytelling.
Through the 20th Century, composers such as Ralf Vaughan Williams, Anton Webern, Arnold Schönberg, Benjamin Britten and Edward Elgar composed extensively for varying choral forces. Through these composers and many others, we begin to see choirs being tested and stretched, both technically and dramatically, and being pushed out of their comfort zone in order to inspire, shock and entice the audience. Works like Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius and Schönberg’s Friede auf Erden made a huge impact on the choral landscape.
In the modern era, new choral genres such as Gospel Choir, Pop Ensembles and Jazz & Swing emerged. Composers like John Rutter, Karl Jenkins, Bob Chilcott and Andrew Lloyd Webber have become very popular.
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1116084
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824646
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), strings
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 766731
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Book
Item no.: 1076636
C Instrument
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1152210
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326198
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [piano]
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 1582059
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 689965
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 915961
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115626
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1092055
Flute, Horn in F, Tambourine
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1150483
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111009
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330492
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 917095
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342183
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324606
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124644
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 914017
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 911614
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 924081
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1342897
for: 4 soloists (SMezTB), mixed choir (SATB), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1559579
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097393
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1329026
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1200639
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1105680
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 646821
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1342572
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1341530
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1201751
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1160684
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043909
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 1331378
Haltet aus, wonnige Banden
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1120966
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105927
O sanfter, süßer Hauch - Nr. 1 aus op. 48
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043854
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
4 choir scores
Item no.: 780470
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342060
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1341713
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 905551
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907686
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1342013
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1341491
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1342761
for: Male choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1342216
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121629
from the opera "Der Freischütz"
for male choir and piano or 4 horns in F
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano [4 horns]
Choir score
Item no.: 680922
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